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man by the name of barack obama. that is the great thing about america, i think it's the greatest country in the world. but i'll say the same thing now as i said back then, to answer your question. what this country was in need of was not a great president, this country was in need of a great leader. and he has never waneded. not one single bit. >> let's end on a positive note. if you're reading the titles on the songs on this album, it is a lament for a man to be going through this terrible love split. did you have any idea that was going to play out at all? >> i have always strived to do something different, because my first loyalty is to music. i love our industry, i love the song, i love the voice. not necessarily my voice. >> it's all about, seal, tormented love. you get the irony of this? >> that probably gives you insight to who i am as a person. >> when you put this together, was it anything to do with what was happening with your life at that moment? >> no. >> total coincidence? >> i wasn't the only person w
man by the name of barack obama. that is the great thing about america, i think it's the greatest country in the world. but i'll say the same thing now as i said back then, to answer your question. what this country was in need of was not a great president, this country was in need of a great leader. and he has never waneded. not one single bit. >> let's end on a positive note. if you're reading the titles on the songs on this album, it is a lament for a man to be going through this...
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>> right now i'm -- i'm very emotional because it like i'm reliving it and it was really powerful and overwhelming and i kept telling myself, okay, this is not about you, you have to do this for them. you have to do this for history. and it's the only way i was able to get through this song. because i want to bawl and i wanted to stare and i wanted to watch and i wanted to, you know, but i was a part of it so it was probably the -- oh, my god. i can't believe i was there. answered can't believe it was my voice for that moment. and so honored and so many memories, so many stories from my father and my grandparents and my mother and just all going through my mind and it was really fantastic. >> have you had to put up with racism as you grew up? did you experience the bad side of it? >> a bid. but, you know, i -- i feel like now people, at least with my career, i've kind of broken barriers. and i don't think people think about my race. i think they look at me as an entertainer and a musician and i'm very happy that that's changing because i think that's how i look at people and that's ho
>> right now i'm -- i'm very emotional because it like i'm reliving it and it was really powerful and overwhelming and i kept telling myself, okay, this is not about you, you have to do this for them. you have to do this for history. and it's the only way i was able to get through this song. because i want to bawl and i wanted to stare and i wanted to watch and i wanted to, you know, but i was a part of it so it was probably the -- oh, my god. i can't believe i was there. answered can't...
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so i think she has the right to do that. i think it's a bit unfair. >> how has barack obama done? obviously the first african-american president, first black president of this great country, huge moment for any other black american. tell me how you felt when he got elected, tell me how you think he's been doing since. >> i'll never forget the day he got elected because it was such a moment for me. i had fallen asleep because i was so exhausted, i was trying to wait for the numbers to come in and i hear screaming on the television. i open my eyes and it's ebenezer church in atlanta, where dr. king once was, and all the people are screaming and they're so excited. for me, what it meant was this country had evolved into a place where if you can go back to dr. king's dream, you know, not about the color of your skin but the content of your character. so just the thought that we could have an african-american president and these little brown faces, his children would be sleeping in the white house, was beyond moving to me. and that didn't just say a lot about african-american people. t
so i think she has the right to do that. i think it's a bit unfair. >> how has barack obama done? obviously the first african-american president, first black president of this great country, huge moment for any other black american. tell me how you felt when he got elected, tell me how you think he's been doing since. >> i'll never forget the day he got elected because it was such a moment for me. i had fallen asleep because i was so exhausted, i was trying to wait for the numbers...
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. >> it is also about the state of political discourse in america right now, not just between democrats and republicans but between republicans and republicans. once this battle gets through and once one of these guys takes on barack obama, all he has to play repeatedly is newt gingrich calling him dishonest. this man who wants to be president in the race is a dishonest man. as you say, i couldn't imagine a worst slur. >> what's happened now in the primary period and you have a very, very kind of strident group of people seeking the nomination for the republican party and you are having the fox news channel amplifying these statements on their behalf, you have a lot of anyone but obama rhetoric. you are going to hear this until the convention. but then that is going to end. and then you will have one man, presumably a man, unless there is a woman step forward. you are going to have one man running against obama and then it will become more real and then you will see obama listing. there is no point in obama running advertising now. then you will have an opponent and obama will begin to
. >> it is also about the state of political discourse in america right now, not just between democrats and republicans but between republicans and republicans. once this battle gets through and once one of these guys takes on barack obama, all he has to play repeatedly is newt gingrich calling him dishonest. this man who wants to be president in the race is a dishonest man. as you say, i couldn't imagine a worst slur. >> what's happened now in the primary period and you have a...
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. >> the american people have a right to be very upset with this congress. >> president obama has invited nancy pelosi, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid to the white house this afternoon for a fiscal cliff summit. >> here we are five days from the new year, and we might finally start talking. >> today's white house meeting might be the last chance to come to an agreement. that's because it takes time for a bill to work its way through both chamber of commerce. >> i don't know time wise how it can happen now. >> under senate rules, the only way a bill could make its way through the procedural hurdles in time is if every senator agrees not to. they'll have 24 hours. outside the beltway, carlino will be watching. >> everyone is kind of in a wait-and-see and fingers-crossed per expect tichb right now. >> since 1930 this is only the fifth time congress has worked after christmas. and today's summit is the first time president obama has met face to face with congressional leaders since mid-november. duarte, tick tock. >> thank you. >>> general schwarzkopf is being remembered this m
. >> the american people have a right to be very upset with this congress. >> president obama has invited nancy pelosi, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid to the white house this afternoon for a fiscal cliff summit. >> here we are five days from the new year, and we might finally start talking. >> today's white house meeting might be the last chance to come to an agreement. that's because it takes time for a bill to work its way through both chamber of...
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i imagine one of them was when he came out so vocally for gay rights. >> mm-hmm. absolutely. that's great. >> what else? >> what else has he done? >> that you're particularly proud of him doing? >> oh, his stance for women, women. the power of women or not allowing -- just for that one reason. in my show, i would say, i'm not going to tell you -- concert tour, limited concert tour, i would say i'm not going to tell you who to vote for, but if you want clean air and good food and so forth, and if you believe a woman has the right to choose what happens in her own body, in other words, or you think your body belongs to the state, there's a clear choice. how could you -- thank god that akin and mourdock came out with those extremist views. >> extraordinary statements. >> i thought, keep talking, boys, keep talking. >> when you watch the footage of those moments, neither of them had a clue that they said anything remotely contentious. i found that unsettling you could reach the point of potentially becoming a senator and actually have no clue that what you're saying is deeply off
i imagine one of them was when he came out so vocally for gay rights. >> mm-hmm. absolutely. that's great. >> what else? >> what else has he done? >> that you're particularly proud of him doing? >> oh, his stance for women, women. the power of women or not allowing -- just for that one reason. in my show, i would say, i'm not going to tell you -- concert tour, limited concert tour, i would say i'm not going to tell you who to vote for, but if you want clean air and...
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future. >> i don't think that the issue right now has to do with sitting in a room. the issue right now that's relevant is the acknowledgement that if we're going to raise revenues that are sufficient to balance with the very tough cuts that we've already made and the further reforms and entitlements that i'm prepared to make, that we're going to have to see the rates on the top 2% go up. and we're not going to be able to get a deal without it. p what i've suggested is let's essentially put a down payment on taxes. let's let tax rates on the upper income folks go up. and then let's set up a process with a time certain at the end of 2013 or the fall of 2013 where we work on tax reform, we look at what loopholes and deductions both democrats and republicans are willing to close, and it's possible that we may be able to lower rates by broadening the base at that points. >> in the meantime, now the gop is fighting with itself. speaker boehner is facing growing backlash from the more conservative wing of his party. at issue, the $800 billion in new tax revenue he proposed
future. >> i don't think that the issue right now has to do with sitting in a room. the issue right now that's relevant is the acknowledgement that if we're going to raise revenues that are sufficient to balance with the very tough cuts that we've already made and the further reforms and entitlements that i'm prepared to make, that we're going to have to see the rates on the top 2% go up. and we're not going to be able to get a deal without it. p what i've suggested is let's essentially...
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we'll be right back. >> oz uncensored. your most outrageous, humiliating confessions. camel toe. >> should i be concerned? >> jimmy: they really classed things up for the first lady. [ laughter ] hey -- [ applause ] speaking of the obamas. there's a new poll out today, it claims that 58% of americans believe barack obama would beat mitt romney in a fistfight. the research was done by yahoo and the institute of things no one was wondering about. [ laughter ] i didn't realize that was an option. maybe we should do it. maybe we can wrap this election up tonight. make it a pay per view. we could wipe out the national debt in one night if we had this. [ applause ] we really could. i'm trying to imagine, though -- trying to imagine a scenario in which mitt romney would even get in a fight. how dare you, no one insults my collection of rare chinese spoons and gets away with it. i'm guessing the people who picked obama to win this fight haven't seen this photograph. i think -- does that change anything? [ laughter ] little bit? maybe they meant michelle obama would. i like the
we'll be right back. >> oz uncensored. your most outrageous, humiliating confessions. camel toe. >> should i be concerned? >> jimmy: they really classed things up for the first lady. [ laughter ] hey -- [ applause ] speaking of the obamas. there's a new poll out today, it claims that 58% of americans believe barack obama would beat mitt romney in a fistfight. the research was done by yahoo and the institute of things no one was wondering about. [ laughter ] i didn't realize...
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the recall came after he tried to restrict union workers of their rights. picco gear and is that s f o where the air force touches them. >>> i guess you can't stay away from the bay even if your president obama. it's been less than two weeks since his last visit. he made three stops in the peninsula including what did redwood city. he is bounded for l.a. for another star-studded event so you figured he'd make another stop here. he'll be at the juliette morgan ball room. he is expected to break up some big the area neighbors such as willie mays and jerry brown. let's look at the cost to attend. for general of attention it to have lunch with it costs you buy thousand dollars. to attend a photo reception will cost you $75,000. and to be a table holds that would set you back $50,000. he's actually going to only be in the bay area for about four hours. >>> will seal which monday is a crazy. >>> we could see some babies in the extended forecast. we will talk more about that coming up. oxide right now, high pressure is building in the of that's going to what the r
the recall came after he tried to restrict union workers of their rights. picco gear and is that s f o where the air force touches them. >>> i guess you can't stay away from the bay even if your president obama. it's been less than two weeks since his last visit. he made three stops in the peninsula including what did redwood city. he is bounded for l.a. for another star-studded event so you figured he'd make another stop here. he'll be at the juliette morgan ball room. he is expected...
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best supporters of gay rights, state victories and supreme court consideration for same-sex marriage, the election of the first openly lesbian u.s. senator, and president obama finally coming around to their cause. >> my expectation is that when you look back on these years, you will see a time in which we put a stop to discrimination against gays and lesbians, whether in the office or in the battlefield. >> equality, you know, people should be able to do whatever they really want in life. >> worst disappointment for supporters of comprehensive immigration reform. the president promised but won't be able to deliver until his second term, although he issued an executive order allowing children of undocumented workers to stay in the u.s. for college. best supreme court win for the white house, health care reform remains the law of the land. >> i'm sure we'll still be talking about it in 2013, but the big overhaul that was promised by republicans, that's not going to happen. >> the court says no getting around it, it does involve taxing the middle class. worst loss for antidrug forces, l
best supporters of gay rights, state victories and supreme court consideration for same-sex marriage, the election of the first openly lesbian u.s. senator, and president obama finally coming around to their cause. >> my expectation is that when you look back on these years, you will see a time in which we put a stop to discrimination against gays and lesbians, whether in the office or in the battlefield. >> equality, you know, people should be able to do whatever they really want...
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are you saying to me is this an acceptable choice within the realm of president obama's right to choose? which i believe in very much. yes, this is an acceptable choice. >> let's move to the fiscal cliff, because it's become a real pain in the back side for everybody really and everybody is waiting for what they believe to be an inevitable deal. it would seem today that john boehner and president obama met at the white house. that's a good move. they haven't come out attacking each other, that's encouraging. are you looking at this as a pre-christmas done deal, rudy? >> i think so, because it seems so obvious that you have to do it. i didn't like the comment that they had a frank talk. that reminds me of the cold war. that's when kruschev and kennedy would meet and the next thing after you said they had a frank conversation, everyone went into shelters and said oh, my god, what's going to happen next? to me a deal is doable, but you've got -- you have to recognize what both sides -- obviously the president needs a hike in taxes. >> and that's going to happen, isn't it? let's be honest,
are you saying to me is this an acceptable choice within the realm of president obama's right to choose? which i believe in very much. yes, this is an acceptable choice. >> let's move to the fiscal cliff, because it's become a real pain in the back side for everybody really and everybody is waiting for what they believe to be an inevitable deal. it would seem today that john boehner and president obama met at the white house. that's a good move. they haven't come out attacking each other,...
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however, we're now at a point where we're not going to get what we think is right for our economy and our country. >> with congress coming back, the president will also reportedly cut short his holiday vacation in hawaii. democrats hope mr. obama will continue to fight for a complete agreement, not just a temporary patch. >> i definitely hope that he can and will continue to push for as big a deal as possible, but you've got to remember now, we're just a few days away. >> if no deal is reached over 2 million americans will lose their jobless benefits and workers will see a 2% cut in take home pay as social security payroll taxes go up january 1st. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >> well, around this time of year, there is a big surprise that happens on the rockefeller center ice skating rink outside our news world headquarters. it happens about half a dozen times a day every day. erica hill has the story. >> right outside our doors at rockefeller center, home to the christmas tree, we often hear an plows this time of year. and when we do, we know it means something special is
however, we're now at a point where we're not going to get what we think is right for our economy and our country. >> with congress coming back, the president will also reportedly cut short his holiday vacation in hawaii. democrats hope mr. obama will continue to fight for a complete agreement, not just a temporary patch. >> i definitely hope that he can and will continue to push for as big a deal as possible, but you've got to remember now, we're just a few days away. >> if...
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oil sold off. >> right. yesterday if you looked at early in the morning when we found out about the hurricane gaining speed, it dropped $3 mshgs michelle, $97 approximate the 50 down to dallas $94.50. the more rewe dissect the spr, we really don't see how it's going to echttively translate into cheaper gas prices at the pump. therefore, there's a lot of political motives there, but i don't think the administration currently now is going to do that until we see the geomrukt tension overseas. they have to save their dry powder. >>. >> jeff, for your money right now, do you see that oil potentially has far more to the upside, or where is the threat right now for the price of oil, and would you be looking more at the refiners right now, or are you looking at some of those ingrated mamz? >> well, i like the refiners, but i think the he u.s. oil is a straight way to play it via the etf because i do see oil going up in that $100 threshold right now. there's so much momentum, and the risk-reward is to the up side. u
oil sold off. >> right. yesterday if you looked at early in the morning when we found out about the hurricane gaining speed, it dropped $3 mshgs michelle, $97 approximate the 50 down to dallas $94.50. the more rewe dissect the spr, we really don't see how it's going to echttively translate into cheaper gas prices at the pump. therefore, there's a lot of political motives there, but i don't think the administration currently now is going to do that until we see the geomrukt tension...
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we be right back. >>> in 2009, president obama asked are ken salazar to come lead the department of the interior. salazar accepted the post, but that left his senate seat open. under colorado law, senate vacancy falls to the governor to decide, so the choice fell to governor bill ritter, a democrat. ritter made a call people did not expect. he didn't promote a congressman or mayor. he didn't go for a politician at all, in fact. he went for michael bennet, the superintendent of the denver public school system. bennett was, as you can imagine, excited. he was now a senator, a member of the world's most exclusive club. that is a big job. it is an impressive, big job. a job that makes you think pretty highly of yourself. what bennett was not prepared for was that when he took that big, important, impressive job, everybody would all of a sudden hate him. and they would hate him because they hate congress, and he was now part of congress, this thing that they hate. in november of 2011, bennett went down to the floor of the senate with a chart that is still one of my favorite charts of all tim
we be right back. >>> in 2009, president obama asked are ken salazar to come lead the department of the interior. salazar accepted the post, but that left his senate seat open. under colorado law, senate vacancy falls to the governor to decide, so the choice fell to governor bill ritter, a democrat. ritter made a call people did not expect. he didn't promote a congressman or mayor. he didn't go for a politician at all, in fact. he went for michael bennet, the superintendent of the...
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how little deficit reduction will happen here. >> none, right? by the way, aren't taxes going up anyway? >> true. >> what people don't know or what we haven't focused on here, nobody is talking about keeping taxes low on social security. >> right. the payroll tax, the extension of the holiday in effect is not even on the table at this point. >> right. my question is, could this be an ongoing battle where you see a series of skirmishes in the new year over the debt ceiling and over another budget because it's an ideological tug-of-war that will eventually break and they're just fighting for it now, but it's a huge battle of ideas that maybe they have to fight over for a while. >> it is. you're right, jessica. i think the speaker at heart -- it's not about necessarily his caucus to vote. he does not believe that raising taxes on people making more than $250,000 is a good economic policy and thinks it's disastrous. the president doesn't believe an austerity program is goord the economy. they're not near each ear on what helps the economy improve. th
how little deficit reduction will happen here. >> none, right? by the way, aren't taxes going up anyway? >> true. >> what people don't know or what we haven't focused on here, nobody is talking about keeping taxes low on social security. >> right. the payroll tax, the extension of the holiday in effect is not even on the table at this point. >> right. my question is, could this be an ongoing battle where you see a series of skirmishes in the new year over the debt...
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all right here. >>> unleashing the attack dogs. congressman paul ryan signeded like a man auditions for the vice president bid. and watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. don't go over 2000... 1200 calories a day. carbs are bad. carbs are good. the story keeps changing. so i'm not listening... to anyone but myself. i know better nutrition when i see it: great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. search great grains and see for yourself. for multi grain flakes that are an excellent source of fiber try great grains banana nut crunch and cranberry almond crunch. there's another way to help erase litter box odor. purina tidy cats. only tidy cats has new odor erasers... making it easy to keep things at home... just the way you want them. new tidy cats with odor erasers. >>> well, the more things change, the more they stay the same. perhaps. gay marriage, struggling economy, none moving
all right here. >>> unleashing the attack dogs. congressman paul ryan signeded like a man auditions for the vice president bid. and watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. don't go over 2000... 1200 calories a day. carbs are bad. carbs are good. the story keeps changing. so i'm not listening... to anyone but myself. i know better nutrition when i see it: great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more processed flakes look nothing like...
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obama could do that, and he could say the neo cons are history. the policy that they're talking about right now is the same thing we heard in 201, 202, and 203. he needs to clearly say that we're not going to attack rain or permit israel to attack iran. they are not part of the access of evil. these are people that aren't going to threaten the western world, and we need to bet into a serious process of elimb nail. if we do that, the price of oil will drop $30 within a few months, and all the speculators who are on the wrong side of the ship would learn a good lesson. as long as the war drums continue to beat, as they are now, we're going to see this kind of speculative fraud. it's not supply and demand world today. >> it's worth remember that in terms of the euro, the oil prices right now are higher in europe than it is in the u.s., relatively speaking, and that's simply adding to the pressure on the euro zone economy. it's a nasty cocktail of issues right now that's feeding off each other. >> before we go, i have to ask you. mitt romney has a new
obama could do that, and he could say the neo cons are history. the policy that they're talking about right now is the same thing we heard in 201, 202, and 203. he needs to clearly say that we're not going to attack rain or permit israel to attack iran. they are not part of the access of evil. these are people that aren't going to threaten the western world, and we need to bet into a serious process of elimb nail. if we do that, the price of oil will drop $30 within a few months, and all the...
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it appears ben bernanke is obama's best friend right now. a big beneficiary to the president. every president with richard nixon, george bush, this may be something politically inspired. gerri: do you really believe in bernanke is in the pocket of obama? >> i do believe it is playing a bigger role all the time. nobody in washington is completely outside the realm of the political election. melissa: doing something so dramatic and so big, doesn't he? >> i will tell you this, democrats in the house were hammering away, say we need more money, we need more money. anytime ben bernanke would go to capitol hill the democrats said inject more money into this economy right now. the connection between what the fed is doing, independent of politics, but the last couple of years they have intruded on some of these decisions they have made. >> have a long ways to go on that one. thank you for coming in. >> that is the scary thing, we spend so much, at some point you have to pay the piper. gerri: that is absolutely right. it is always good to see you, sir. i'll be joined by scott martin wi
it appears ben bernanke is obama's best friend right now. a big beneficiary to the president. every president with richard nixon, george bush, this may be something politically inspired. gerri: do you really believe in bernanke is in the pocket of obama? >> i do believe it is playing a bigger role all the time. nobody in washington is completely outside the realm of the political election. melissa: doing something so dramatic and so big, doesn't he? >> i will tell you this,...
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president obama has a big lead over romney. 53% to 39%. that could help elizabeth ,jáájátr' the senate race.m we'll be right back. ♪ he was a 21st century global nomad ♪ ♪ home was an airport lounge and an ipad ♪ ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a true playa ♪ ♪ now when he's surfing down in chile'a ♪ ♪ he can see when his score is in danger ♪ ♪ if you're a mobile type on the go ♪ ♪ i suggest you take a tip from my bro ♪ ♪ and download the app that lets you know ♪ ♪ at free-credit-score-dot-com now let's go. ♪ vo: offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com™. >>> welcome back to "hardball." the fear amongst republicans that mitt romney's campaign might self-destruct is growing as he trails rick santorum in every michigan poll right now. there's even talk in republican circles being a contested contention. most party veterans will think romney will get
president obama has a big lead over romney. 53% to 39%. that could help elizabeth ,jáájátr' the senate race.m we'll be right back. ♪ he was a 21st century global nomad ♪ ♪ home was an airport lounge and an ipad ♪ ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a true playa ♪ ♪ now when he's surfing down in chile'a ♪ ♪ he can see when his score is in...
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and president obama cut military spending and went to the pentagon and did it. so is he going to do the same thing and put us in the same thing as jimmy carter did. >> it's projected spending. >> yeah, right, it's projected. >> it should be noted it's far above the military spending when push took over. we had such a massive increase overt last ten years, can you cut from the projection and be double almost what we were spending. i want to turn to another aspect of ron paul's issue of statements. he had a thing called the ron paul's news letter, and there's a twitter handle that tweets quotes from the ron paul news letter which is awful and lots of racist stuff and gay stuff, and a lot of disgusting comments. he has said that he did not write them and ae did not know what was going on under his name, and last night he was pressed on this and pressed on his racial attitudes, and he pressed on and here is a clip of it. >> more importantly, you ought to ask me what my relationship is for racial relationships and one of my heroes is martin luther king because he pra
and president obama cut military spending and went to the pentagon and did it. so is he going to do the same thing and put us in the same thing as jimmy carter did. >> it's projected spending. >> yeah, right, it's projected. >> it should be noted it's far above the military spending when push took over. we had such a massive increase overt last ten years, can you cut from the projection and be double almost what we were spending. i want to turn to another aspect of ron paul's...
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he didn't answer any reporters questions, as you can see him returning right here. but we do know that the speaker has now put on the table raising the top rates for those people who make more than $1 million a year. now, that's a concession in terms of raising rates that the speaker had not been willing to offer before. so, clearly, melissa, there's some progress in these behind the scenes negotiations. what we don't know is where this thing is going to end up. the speaker said in his latest public offer he's willing to go about as high as $1 trillion in new tax revenue. the president has said that he wants $1.4 trillion, so, there's still some distance between the two of them. now tomorrow, the members of congress are going to be back in town and watch very carefully to see if speaker boehner can hold his coalition together among republicans on capitol hill or how many of those folks express disapproval of this deal. guys? >> eamon, thank you. let's talk more about the cliff's potential impact on housing, a sector that shined also one of the bright spots in a slow
he didn't answer any reporters questions, as you can see him returning right here. but we do know that the speaker has now put on the table raising the top rates for those people who make more than $1 million a year. now, that's a concession in terms of raising rates that the speaker had not been willing to offer before. so, clearly, melissa, there's some progress in these behind the scenes negotiations. what we don't know is where this thing is going to end up. the speaker said in his latest...
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what i believe is happening right here is that young people who are voting for barack obama or are possibly voting for barack obama are not participate participating in these primaries. >> jamal, don't turn down that guy's vote. >> i'm not turning it down. he can come on other. so what happens is they don't get ron paul, they'll find somebody else in a third party and vote for them. they want to turn the apple cart over. but what's interesting about ron paul to me, you know, i used to think this race was a lot like 2004 with john kerry. and i'm thinking now it may have some parallels to 1988 with michael dukakas and jesse jackson. ron paul may be the jesse jackson man where he becomes the choice where romney is going to go ahead and be the nominee anyway. let me just vote for somebody else. >> does it cost him the general election? >> if ron paul ran as a third party candidate, most of those votes would come out of the republican side. that's splitting the anti-obama vote. right now, a lot of people are fast forwarding to the general election. they're buying the romney camp's line that it's
what i believe is happening right here is that young people who are voting for barack obama or are possibly voting for barack obama are not participate participating in these primaries. >> jamal, don't turn down that guy's vote. >> i'm not turning it down. he can come on other. so what happens is they don't get ron paul, they'll find somebody else in a third party and vote for them. they want to turn the apple cart over. but what's interesting about ron paul to me, you know, i used...
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and it's also about the state of political discourse in america right now. not just between democrats and republicans, but between republicans and republicans. because once this the battle gets for real, once one of these guys wins the republican race and takes on barack obama, all he has to play -- assume it's mitt romney. all he has to play, repeatedly, is newt gingrich calling him dishonest. this man who wants to be president, wants to beat the president in the race is a dishonest man. as you say, i couldn't imagine a worse slur. >> well, what's happened now in the primary period, and you have a very, very kind of a strident group of people seeking the nomination for the republican party now, and you have the fox news channel amplifying all these kinds of statements on their behalf. you have a lot of anyone but obama rhetoric, and you're going to hear this all the way until the convention. but then that's going to end, and then you're going to have one man, presumably a man, unless there's a brokered convention where we have a woman step forward on behalf
and it's also about the state of political discourse in america right now. not just between democrats and republicans, but between republicans and republicans. because once this the battle gets for real, once one of these guys wins the republican race and takes on barack obama, all he has to play -- assume it's mitt romney. all he has to play, repeatedly, is newt gingrich calling him dishonest. this man who wants to be president, wants to beat the president in the race is a dishonest man. as...
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. >> don't forget, but 100,000 -- >> right. >> the romney critique, the litany of obama broken promises that he went through, that was the best part of the debate. i would like to see romney do a little more explaining why liberating the economy, simplifying the tax code, creates jobs, a little bit more about why freedom works better than the government. in terms of knocking down the obama's claims, and he correctly pointed out that the obama has cut energy production on federal lands, and he scored. >> it's interesting to me that the romney campaign has this large national theme, the economy isn't working for you, here's how we can fix it. obama has a microstrategy, like they're trying to run 10 governors races, so he emerges as mr. coal for southeast ohio. >> yes. >> and western virginia, microtargeting strategies. it's an interesting distinction. >> it is an interesting distinction. i want to know where is the demand for details on how he will achieve all the things he's promising. they want details on romney's tax codes. how will the president create jobs? another achievement of rom
. >> don't forget, but 100,000 -- >> right. >> the romney critique, the litany of obama broken promises that he went through, that was the best part of the debate. i would like to see romney do a little more explaining why liberating the economy, simplifying the tax code, creates jobs, a little bit more about why freedom works better than the government. in terms of knocking down the obama's claims, and he correctly pointed out that the obama has cut energy production on...
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but let's get right to my first read. how did president obama weighed down by a jobless rate higher than any incumbent seeking election since f.d.r. even have his party pick-up senate seats to get to 55. as a republican party picks up, here are four lessons th2016 hopefuls might want to keep in mind. if you don't define yourself, your opponent will do it for you. go largely unanswered. romney's campaign argued after a long, expensive primary, they had to choose how to spend, at the time, what was what was limited fund. >> on the economic values question, which was this, which candidate was more in touch with people like you. 53% said romney's policies would favor the rich. romney, the first republican nominee in the history of our nbc wall street journal poll to go into his convention with his personal rating under water and into his campaign with a painful number. >> their bought ads early and were very careful about where to buy the ads. in the last week of the election, the obama campaign paid $550 for a single ad in r
but let's get right to my first read. how did president obama weighed down by a jobless rate higher than any incumbent seeking election since f.d.r. even have his party pick-up senate seats to get to 55. as a republican party picks up, here are four lessons th2016 hopefuls might want to keep in mind. if you don't define yourself, your opponent will do it for you. go largely unanswered. romney's campaign argued after a long, expensive primary, they had to choose how to spend, at the time, what...
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right? start with the social security checks aren't going to go out. then -- what do people do, call their congressmen? the elderly get frightened. they think they won't have their weekly paychecks. >> this would not be the first time anyone from the executive branch tried to scare senior sit sense what do we do? we are going over the cliff. do you think we are going over cliff? >> i talked to the speaker's people today. bottom line is the speaker did remarkably smart. he didn't bring his bill up because he didn't have the votes and then sent every one of his members home so they could not come on tv and beat the hell out of him. bottom line, the senate was always going to come up with a deal. the question becomes is what is it and does mcconnell, senate minority leader actually let senator reid get a bill off the floor of the united states senate and -- by the end of the week or saturday or sunday. if that's the case, that's fine. guess what. it doesn't matter what the senate comes up with.
right? start with the social security checks aren't going to go out. then -- what do people do, call their congressmen? the elderly get frightened. they think they won't have their weekly paychecks. >> this would not be the first time anyone from the executive branch tried to scare senior sit sense what do we do? we are going over the cliff. do you think we are going over cliff? >> i talked to the speaker's people today. bottom line is the speaker did remarkably smart. he didn't...
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right. >> and when supply is relatively high, as it is as you pointed out, president obama during this period right now and president doesn't get all the credit for this, certainly, but there has been more drill, more oil production and because of conservation, demand is not particularly high, now pretty flat, so prices should go down if supply's up and demand is down a little, but it doesn't because of the speculation and because of the loose talk about war in the middle east and the oil industry having that as an excuse to spike up oil prices. >> then you hear the gop actually saying the president wants these prices to go up. governor mitch daniels what he says is outrageout. >> let's give the president credit for domestic policy that worked, he wanted higher gas prices and they got them. they got the doubling of gas price and perhaps worse is a conscious policy of this administration, maybe the one thing they set out do and actually accomplished. >> i mean, is he serious? >> hard to believe a guy that would say something so stupid would be elected governor, especially a state next t
right. >> and when supply is relatively high, as it is as you pointed out, president obama during this period right now and president doesn't get all the credit for this, certainly, but there has been more drill, more oil production and because of conservation, demand is not particularly high, now pretty flat, so prices should go down if supply's up and demand is down a little, but it doesn't because of the speculation and because of the loose talk about war in the middle east and the oil...
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right now president obama can safely count on 201 electoral votes. that is unchanged from yesterday. romney can safely count on 191. that is changed. that has changed because north carolina, and let me bring this up today here. north carolina was moved to the tossup category just yesterday. that accounts for the 15 votes that moved away. so where he had at 206, 206 to 201, now 191. and les turn now to of rmney who needs to win north carolina. he is still up in the polls by a significant margin, but four points. yesterday it was more than five. we have that. romney would need also to win, ju as before, the state of florida, 29 votes. let's get that. and he is up two points in florida. he also needs virginia where he is up by one point. let's go there. he is building 248. colorado, where both candidates are tied up right now 48-48. we will give that to governor romney as well. we will move that into his column, 257. president obama right now is up by two in iowa, what the purpose of this scenario we will assumed that governor romney wins. i'm sure you
right now president obama can safely count on 201 electoral votes. that is unchanged from yesterday. romney can safely count on 191. that is changed. that has changed because north carolina, and let me bring this up today here. north carolina was moved to the tossup category just yesterday. that accounts for the 15 votes that moved away. so where he had at 206, 206 to 201, now 191. and les turn now to of rmney who needs to win north carolina. he is still up in the polls by a significant margin,...
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this should be obama's trump card, but there ain't no springback. >> you're right on. as an empirical statement we know the deeper the recession, the more rapid the recovery. that's true in general. it's even true in the great depression. if you go back and look at the first four years, which were terrible. lost 40% of output, that all came back in the next four years and then there was another recession. there is a rebound generally. there hasn't been this time. there are explanations for it. i believe the problem is the policies. the policies tended to be short-run. you know, some are caricatures like cash for clunkers. moved car sales up for one month. more to the point and getting to what dean talked about earlier. even if you believe the stimulus was effective, the problem with the stimulus is that you get a bump but you pay it back later when you contract the economy, contract the government sector back to where it should be. as a result of not getting new kind of significant bump out of the stimulus payments, what we have had to do is maintain them at this curre
this should be obama's trump card, but there ain't no springback. >> you're right on. as an empirical statement we know the deeper the recession, the more rapid the recovery. that's true in general. it's even true in the great depression. if you go back and look at the first four years, which were terrible. lost 40% of output, that all came back in the next four years and then there was another recession. there is a rebound generally. there hasn't been this time. there are explanations...
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>> yes, i think nina is 100% right. >> whoo! >> i am equalllly shocked. there is this distinction between bad behavior anillegal behavior. humans want to see peoe punished for sin. there ought to be a distinction between the sinful and the criminal and this should be the line to draw. it was not criminal behavior. it is a goodng he will not go to jail for this, but he certainly will suffer. >> old-fashioned public shaming. this is the way we do it in our modern litigious society. this is like putting john edwards in the stocks. he truthfully set -- i thought he did a good job of saying i just need to look in the mirror. >>>> colby, his parents, of modest origins, were so proud of him. all he has t to do is look at his father, his heart broken father, standing behind him in that scene. >> johnn edwards' future rests not on his words but on his deeds. nothing he says can change anything. what he does will possibly have some impact. >> the defense minister in britain in the early 1 1960's, terrle sex scandal, and he was completely ruined. then he became a so
>> yes, i think nina is 100% right. >> whoo! >> i am equalllly shocked. there is this distinction between bad behavior anillegal behavior. humans want to see peoe punished for sin. there ought to be a distinction between the sinful and the criminal and this should be the line to draw. it was not criminal behavior. it is a goodng he will not go to jail for this, but he certainly will suffer. >> old-fashioned public shaming. this is the way we do it in our modern litigious...